Engineers say collapsed condo was vulnerable to sinking earth; your house may be too orlandosentinel.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from orlandosentinel.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Just days after the collapse of the condo tower in Surfside, a little-known study emerged that the building had been sinking for years. The phenomena known as subsidence damages houses from Key West to Palm Beach. When it takes place unevenly, with one side of a building settling faster than the other, it can crack floors, distort window frames and generate lawsuits over insurance coverage.
In climate change era, was Surfside collapse really an unpredictable "Black Swan" event? thebulletin.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thebulletin.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Collapsed Miami condo had been sinking into Earth as early as the 1990s, researchers say msn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from msn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Building collapse in Miami: Structure had been sinking into the earth usatoday.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from usatoday.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.